Birmingham City FC 1, West Bromwich Albion FC 1

WEST BROMWICH, England (Interstat) — In a fiercely contested West Midlands derby that defied pregame projections, West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City fought to a 1-1 draw in an English Football League Championship match Wednesday afternoon at The Hawthorns. The result, which saw a late equalizer cancel out an early opener, left both clubs with identical records to start their league campaigns, each securing a single point from the stalemate. The match, played before a raucous crowd of over 25,000, was anticipated to favor the home side. Statistical models from Interstat gave West Brom Albion a 58.4 percent probability of… Read more...